PALO ALTO -- Stanford got two home runs Tuesday to power past BYU, 8-1.
No. 1 Stanford improved its record to 5-2, while BYU falls to 2-8.
Sam Fuld hit a line drive, two-run homer to right field to give the Cardinal their initial lead. The Cougars battled the top-ranked Cardinal for the next three innings. Then Donny Lucy belted a three-run homer in the fifth to chase Jeff Stone from the mound with a 7-0 lead as Jeff Mousser entered the game.
BYU scored its run in the seventh when Jack Stubblefield hit a two-out doubled to left-center. Mike Weingarten battled the count to get a base on balls and then Lars Birkeland singled in Stubblefield, making the score 7 1.
A 4-6-3 double play got BYU out of a jam in the second inning. Another double play in the fourth was turned by Stubblefield when he caught a line-drive and tagged first to end the inning. Stone retired Stanford in order in the third inning and Mousser had a three-up, three-down inning in the sixth.
Matt Carson extended his team-leading hitting streak to nine games with a single up the middle in the fourth inning.
BYU's Rob Itri, who started at third base, advanced to second base as the lead-off batter in the fifth, but was stranded. Itri got aboard on an error, then stole second as Weingarten struck out.
BYU's next game is on Thursday when it starts a three-game series at the University of Pacific, 2-1, in Stockton, Calif. None of the BYU-Pacific games will be available on audiostream or livestats.
Brigham Young AB R H BI Stanford AB R H BI
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Doug Jackson cf............ 4 0 0 0 Chris O'Riordan 2b......... 5 1 1 0
Ranger Wiens ss............ 2 0 0 0 Sam Fuld cf................ 3 2 2 2
Matt Carson rf............. 4 0 1 0 Ryan Garko c............... 4 1 0 0
Dave Jensen lf............. 4 0 0 0 Jason Cooper dh............ 4 0 0 0
Jake Stubblefield 1b....... 4 1 1 0 Jonny Ash ph.............. 1 0 0 0
Rob Itri 3b................ 4 0 0 0 Carlos Quentin lf.......... 3 1 2 2
Mike Weingarten dh......... 2 0 0 0 Brian Hall rf.............. 1 1 0 0
Lars Birkeland c........... 3 0 1 1 Chris Carter ph........... 1 0 0 0
Han Yi 2b.................. 2 0 0 0 Danny Putnam rf........... 0 0 0 0
Jeff Stone p............... 0 0 0 0 Donny Lucy 1b.............. 4 1 1 3
Jeff Mousser p............ 0 0 0 0 Arik VanZandt 1b.......... 0 0 0 0
Tyler Dabo p.............. 0 0 0 0 Scott Dragicevich ss....... 3 1 3 0
Andy Topham 3b............. 3 0 1 1
Tim Cunningham p........... 0 0 0 0
Darin Naatjes p........... 0 0 0 0
David O'Hagan p........... 0 0 0 0
Jonny Dyer p.............. 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 29 1 3 1 Totals..................... 32 8 10 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Brigham Young....... 000 000 100 - 1 3 0
Stanford............ 200 050 01X - 8 10 1
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E - Lucy(2). DP - Cougars 2; Cardinal 1. LOB - Cougars 5; Cardinal 8. 2B -
Stubblefield(1); Dragicevich(5). 3B - Dragicevich(1). HR - Fuld(1); Lucy(1). HBP -
Garko; Quentin; Hall; Topham. SB - Itri(1); Quentin(1).
Brigham Young IP H R ER BB SO Stanford IP H R ER BB SO
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Jeff Stone ......... 4.2 5 7 7 4 2 Tim Cunningham ..... 4.0 1 0 0 2 2
Jeff Mousser ....... 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 Darin Naatjes ...... 2.0 0 0 0 0 4
Tyler Dabo ......... 2.0 4 1 1 0 2 David O'Hagan ...... 2.0 2 1 1 2 2
Jonny Dyer ......... 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Win - Cunningham (2-0). Loss - Stone (0-2). Save - None.
HBP - by Stone (Quentin); by Stone (Hall); by Stone (Topham); by Stone (Garko).
Pitches/strikes: Stone 90/49; Mousser 18/10; Dabo 42/28; Cunningham 54/28; Naatjes
30/18; O'Hagan 39/25; Dyer 12/9.
Strikeouts - Jackson 2; Carson, M.; Jensen 3; Stubblefield 2; Itri; Weingarten; Yi;
Cooper; Hall; Lucy 2; Topham. Walks - Wiens 2; Weingarten; Yi; Fuld 2; Hall;
Dragicevich.
Umpires - HP: Ron Ramirez 1B: Randy Parker 3B: Rick Davis
Start: 6:01 pm Time: 2:38 Attendance: 1795
BATTERIES: BYU - Stone, Mousser (5), Dabo (7) and Birkeland. STAN -
Cunningham, Naatjes (5), O'Hagan (7), Dyer (9) and Garko.
HRs: STAN - Fuld (1st, 2-run in 1st), Lucy (1st, 3-run in 5th).
NOTES: First career homers for Fuld and Lucy.